July 15, 2023

Old Cars Weekly

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Keepin’ on Truckin’
There’s always a lot of projects to cram into an all-too-brief Upper Midwest summer, but I’ve been finding time to work on the Old Cars 1991 GMC Suburban 2500. It’s a neat, old 3/4-ton truck that Old Cars ordered in late 1991 with the 454-cid V-8, wh
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VP/GENERAL MANAGER, COLLECTIBLES Corinne ZielkeEDITOR Angelo Van Bogart(avanbogart@aimmedia.com)ONLINE EDITOR Mike Eppinger(meppinger@aimmedia.com)EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Brian Earnest(bearnest@aimmedia.com)GRAPHIC DESIGNER Anita Cook(acook@aimmedia.com)
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Reader Wheels
Rick Bradley, of Canandaigua, N.Y., is the proud caretaker of this 1959 Edsel Ranger. “It’s got a 223 six and three-on-the-tree,” he says. “Both the exterior and interior were restored in 1975 and both have held up really well. I’ve had ‘Eddie’ for t
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Sound Your Horn
I just read Pat Foster’s “Foreign Favorites” column about the Saab Sonett V-4. I bought brand new a 1973 Saab 96 with a V4 and four-on-the-column and it was the best new car that I’ve ever purchased (it was also the last new car I ever purchased). Th
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Reader Photo
Coy Thomas shared this image of four happy folks parked on the running board of a lovely 1927 Buick. The car is a Standard Six Town Brougham Model 27-29 introduced at midyear. It was priced at $1,375 and 11,032 were built for the year.
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The Scoop
CARLISLE, Pa. — The Carlisle Truck Nationals has been taking place at the Carlisle Fairgrounds since 1991. After a record-breaking year for showfield attendance in 2022, the truck extravaganza will return to Carlisle Aug. 4-6. Carlisle Truck National
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Wreck Of The Week
A 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo two-door hardtop coupe wound up with the guts of its engine strewn about the ditch after an ugly highway mishap. ■
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Weathered Wheels
“This 1938 Oldsmobile has been sitting at an old homestead, just north of Duluth, Minn., for literally decades,” reports Steve Isola. “The license plate, weathered to the point of being one monotone of rust red, is dated 1950. Why it sits there all t
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Club Clips
Andrew Wallace’s treatise on adapting a collector car to an electronic ignition has made the circles among Packard owners on the West Coast via the Earle C. Anthony Motor Car Club and Motor City Packards. The noteworthy topic appeared in a recent iss
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Vintage Ad Of The Week
Beginning with its 1951 lineup, Hudson offered the Hornet, a full-size automobile that featured “Skyline Styling,” a “step-down” interior and a stock car-winning six-cylinder engine. From 1970-1977, American Motors Corp. sold a compact automobile nam
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Q&A
Q. I am asking for my friend, but do you know what the fabric used on [1959 Imperial] seats is called? Also the pattern?Mikki Hay, via e-mail A. Editor Angelo Van Bogart did some investigation and replies that, “in looking at the 1959 Imperial brochu
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Found! Prototype Hurst/olds
As a longtime Cutlass owner and Hurst/Olds Club of America member, Bob Moyer knows a Hurst/Olds muscle car when he sees one — or at least he thought he did. Like other Hurst/Olds enthusiasts, he knows the first Hurst/Olds models were silver-and-black
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Light-Duty Trucking
GMC brought out a factory hot rod in 1991 with its Syclone, but with only 2,995 built that model year, you may have not known about it, let alone seen one. First things first: the spelling of the Syclone’s name. Since the model name “Cyclone” was alr
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Ranger To The Rescue
Ray May, Jr., of Vanceburg, Ky., suffered a bad case of seller’s remorse, but he eventually cured it with a stunning 1969 Ford F-100 pickup truck. After turning 16 years of age and successfully acquiring a driver’s license, May’s parents gifted him w
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‘Ugly Is Beautiful!’
When Earl Pamperin shows up at a car show in his rare 1937 Willys sedan, he can be pretty sure it will be the only one there. When the Juneau, Wis., resident decided he needed another unique orphan vehicle in his life, he wanted it to be as rare as h
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Off the FARM
John Loparco clearly remembers the day he found his 1946 Chevrolet 1-1/2-ton flatbed in a location that didn’t quite match up with the truck’s history. “It was originally a farm truck, from what I can tell from the research, out in Kansas,” he explai
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Supercharged '63 Studebaker Trucks?!
Studebaker had a brief but prolific period of offering superchargers on its cars, the first being the Golden Hawk. In 1957 and 1958, the Golden Hawk was Studebaker’s top dog in price, sportiness and performance, and as such, it was equipped with a Mc
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Calendar
Aug 14-16 CA, Seaside. 19th Annual International Expo. Original vintage car posters, photographs, rallye plates, badges & pins, hood ornaments, signs, original art, display items, scale models, literature & books, signed items, postcards, etc. tony@s

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